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Home Built, Wood Roller Coaster 2007-05-05 05:05:00 Home Built, Wood Roller CoasterIf you have big enough back yard, & have lots of extra wood then you can make your very own wood roller coaster. Yes, thats what Jeremy Reid has done with his empty piece of land. "Style: Out and Back Height: 17 feet First Drop: 20 feet Top Speed: 20 mph Track Length: 444 feet Max Positive G's: 3.5 Max Negative G's: -0.2 Material: Pressure Treated Southern Yellow Pine Number of Drops: 4 Lift hill angle: 26.6 degrees 1st Drop: 54 degrees 2nd Drop: 43 degrees Curve banking: 50 degrees Duration: About 1 minute Cart: Single Car, Wood and Steel Construction Capacity: Single Rider Chain Lift: 1HP Motor, 3/4" Pitch Roller Chain/Sprockets Overall: 9,500 lbs (4.75 Tons) Lumber 7,000 Screws/Nails 2,900 board feet of lumber Investment: $5.5k." Watch the Home Built, Wood Roller Coaster Video on YoutubeVideo links.Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Play Safe With BananaBunker 2007-05-04 09:52:00 Play Safe With BananaBunker How about giving your banana the very best protection? 'BananaBunker' for your bananas. You can slip the oblong fruit into the BananaBunker & rest assured that it will be able to stand & survive the bruising when placed in your backpack while you commute. Well BananaBunker doesn't resemble much of anything, it's hard to touch (made of a hard inflexible plastic), will protect your banana in your backpack whether you are on a hiking trip, day trip, athletic event, between classes, or at a board meeting. It comes in multiple colors: clear, blue, green, & orange & cost you about $4.99.Go ahead, eat healthy!Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Impossible Car Race 2007-05-03 12:33:00 Impossible Car RaceOnce you see this video you will think twice before you try to flirt with a hot girl. Don't impress her with your nice set of wheels. Or don't try to show off the engine power of your car or how good a driver you are. Watch the Impossible Car Race Video on Metacafeca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

DocuPen RC800 Pen Scanner 2007-05-03 11:07:00 DocuPen RC800 Pen Scanner Here is something, which you would love to carry along with you. A remarkably compact & light pen sized scanner: The DocuPen RC800 color handheld scanner. Just run down the RC800 over the page which you want to scan & it will scan it into the memory, now you just need to connect it to your laptop or PC & its done.With this you can achieve full color 24 bit scanning & it can store up to 100 pages of scanned text. It can scan a full page of text and graphics in about four to five seconds, which is really good. "You can scan your letters, color documents, pictures and bring them into Paperport software. The DocuPen is different from other pen sized scanners in that it scans a FULL PAGE width and therefore scans the entire page including text and graphics in as little as 4 seconds. Other handheld and pen scanners only scan single lines of text or records handwriting and some scanners need to be attached to your computer whereas the Docupen overcomes these limitat ...

Personal Lightning Detector - StrikeAlert 2007-05-03 10:53:00 Personal Lightning Detector - StrikeAlertStrikeAlert, is your very own personal lightning detector. Its a small lightning detector which provides an early warning of approaching lightning strikes from certain distance itself. It alerts the users of the coming lightning from as far away as 40 miles and lets you know if the storm is coming your way."An audible alarm sounds when there's a strike and a corresponding LED light illuminates accordingly at lightning distances of 20-40 miles, 12-24 miles, 6-12 miles and within 6 miles."The best part is that the detector is housed in a small pager-like casing which can be easily clipped on a belt loop. It runs on two AAA batteries & gives up to 100 hours of reliable operation. And it has a suggested retail price of $79.99.Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Nifty Pocket Thermometer 2007-05-02 11:19:00 Nifty Pocket ThermometerThis nifty little gadget can be a real help to you whether you need to check the temperature of your Xbox 360 CPU, or your car's engine temperature or cooling of your vehicle's air conditioner or even your drinks. You just need to point it to the surface of the object that you need to know the temperature & MicroTemp thermometer ($24.95) uses an infrared sensor to tell you the temperature. The best part is it can measure temperatures from -27°F (-33°C) to 230°F (+110°C) with +/-4.5 degrees F accuracy just by pointing it without ever touching the surface of the item you want to check. It has a 1:1 distance-to-spot ratio, which means if you hold it about an inch away from a surface; you'll get the temperature for a 1-inch area. Can be handy at times.Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Choculator = Chocolate + Calculator 2007-05-02 11:15:00 Choculator = Chocolate + CalculatorHere is something for the chocolate addict: Choculator. This choculator looks quite like a real chocolate bar, but in fact it's a pocket calculator.It's very useful though not very fancy & does only the basic math. It's still quite a lovely gift for a chocoholic. Only problem that may arise is when they try to have a bite into it & will end up with plastic & circuits in their mouth.Packing is what really makes it look real & even a hardcore chocoholic will be fooled & tempted to have a bite of it.It has an 8 column indication, solar array, measures width 11?depth 6?height 0.8cm, & even has the fragrance of the chocolate in it & costs you just about ¥500 ($4 USD).Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Some Funny International Rules of Manhood 2007-04-30 03:19:00 Some Funny International Rules of Manhood1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.(b) The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse.(c) After wrecking your boss' car.(d) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into "The Crying Game".(e) When she is using her teeth.3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional. At that point, ...

Balloon Game 2007-04-30 00:30:00 Balloon GameHere is this interesting game just in case you want to try. Lets see how much you can score. Your objective is to control a dart throwing monkey, who has to pop enough balloons to pass each level. Pop your way through all 50 puzzling levels. Use the mouse to aim & click & hold the left button of the mouse to set the power of each throw. Have fun!Copyright / Trademark of this game is held by its respective owner or author.Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Road-Able Aircraft 2007-04-29 00:17:00 Road-Able AircraftThis aircraft will land on the airport, fold up its wings & drive on the road. Yes, this is a road-able aircraft, which you can park at your home. "The Transition was designed to fit into a standard household garage. At 80" high, 80" wide, and 18.75' long, the Transition will fit anywhere that you could park a larger SUV such as a Cadillac Escalade or Lincoln Navigator, and will fit inside a 7' garage and a standard parking space."'Transition' Terrafugia, Inc. road-able aircraft is an integration of land & air travel, which will expand the personal mobility.The first delivery is scheduled for late 2009 & for an "anticipated price of $148,000.00."Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Ad for Women's Hair Removal 2007-04-28 23:36:00 Ad for Women's Hair RemovalHere is this strange yet amazing ad of J&J Hair minimizing lotion which definitely drives the point home.Isn't it hilarious?Sourceca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

English that can go wrong 2007-04-27 10:08:00 English that can go wrongSome simple little grammatical mistakes we noticed that one can make without even realizing it. MAY I? CAN I?The distinction between the two verbs is very subtle. Can does have a meaning relating to permission, specifically when the permission is general or of unknown origin. You would hardly say I may do whatever I want. You would use can.May is used when you are giving permission yourself (you may leave now) or when you are asking permission to a specific person. Can I smoke here? It is a question about general rules and customs. It is a specific request for permission from someone with the power to grant it.MAY I? MIGHT I?In requests, the difference between may and might is one of tone. If you want to ask permission to do something, May I ? ? is the standard formula.May I smoke?The use of Might I ? ? is either more tentative, or more firm. Might I ask you a favor?Both may and might can also be used when referring to present of future possibilities. May sugge ...

Double Your Gas Mileage - Video 2007-04-24 08:42:00 Double Your Gas Mileage - VideoWant to double your mileage without having to buy another car? If yes, then this video is a must for you, "Kipkay" shows us how to "easily" double your gas mileage with some easy to follow steps. Double Your Gas Mileage (Video)ca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

World's Very First Intelligent Refrigerator 2007-04-24 07:50:00 World's Very First Intelligent RefrigeratorHow about your fridge letting you know that you are out of your favorite ice cream or there is no butter in stock via an sms? Or any of the products have passed the expiration date?From future scenario to reality"The fridge has now become aware of its contents; and it is capable of establishing direct contact between you and their producers. Like you, the fridge is on the Internet and thus able to get hold of you - even on your mobile. It will let you know what you need to buy if you want to prepare a simmering beef stroganoff; also, it will alert you if you are out of chocolate-and-fruit flavoured ice cream. The first intelligent fridge in the world cost us a measly ten bucks. Kim Otto, loose on the defenceless Siemens refrigerator, outfitted the fridge with an RFID reader. Then the existing flatscreen was replaced by a touch screen with an embedded Postallo computer - a computer equipped with customised database and web software by PragmaSo ...

Top 5 Impossible Structures 2007-03-23 06:18:00 Top 5 Impossible StructuresHere are some of the impossible structures, though they appear to be impossible for construction but they are made possible. These pictures have not been edited. Penrose Impossible TriangleMany think this can't be done. But it is actually possible! And if you wish to construct your own Penrose Impossible Triangle then just download and print the PDF. What more, you can change the dimensions as you like & even shade it or color it too. SourceWheelIf you cover about 1/3 of the picture at either end, then the picture looks like any other ordinary picture of washer or ring. In this only two colors have been used just like Mobius strip, has only two faces. "One reader says this isn't an illusion, for you can make one of flexible material, and he mailed me a model made from foam strip. However, while you can do this with a strip of square cross section, my illusion above has a rectangular cross section. He makes a valid point, however, he'll have to go to a lot ...